Australia Votes: 2004 Federal Election

Senate - Northern Territory

Senators Facing Election

Country Liberal (1): Nigel ScullionLabor (1): Trish Crossin
(Territory Senate terms are not fixed but tied to elections for the House of Representatives. There is no rotation of Senators, so both Senators face the electorate whenever a House election is held.)

Assessment

Like the ACT, both Northern Territory Senators face the electorate at each election. The quota for election is 33.3%, and Labor and the Country Liberal Party have never been challenged in splitting the two seats. On only one previous occasion, when the National party ran a separate ticket in 1987, have preferences needed to be distributed.

2001 Result

Party group

Votes

%

Swing

Quotas

Country Liberal Party (1 elected)

40,680

43.71

+4.94

1.31

Labor Party (1 elected)

36,500

39.22

-1.92

1.18

Australian Democrats

6,796

7.30

+1.80

0.22

Pauline Hanson's One Nation

4,353

4.68

-4.63

0.14

The Greens

3,978

4.27

-0.28

0.13

Others (1 group + ungrouped)

755

0.81

+0.09

0.02

Formal

93,062

97.24

-0.77

Informal

2,640

2.76

+0.77

Total Votes and Turnout

95,702

86.20

-4.13

Enrolment

111,022

Quota

31,021

1998 Result

Party group

Votes

%

Swing

Quotas

Labor Party (1 elected)

38,259

41.14

-3.98

1.23

Country Liberal Party (1 elected)

36,063

38.78

-7.95

1.16

Pauline Hanson's One Nation

8,657

9.31

+9.31

0.28

Australian Democrats

5,119

5.50

+3.71

0.17

The Greens

4,232

4.55

-1.81

0.14

Others (Ungrouped)

672

0.72

+0.72

0.02

Formal

93,002

98.01

+0.76

Informal

1,887

1.99

-0.76

Total Votes and Turnout

94,889

90.33

+1.13

Enrolment

105,048

Quota

31,001

Past Results

Summary of Past Elections

Election

Percentage of Vote

Seats Won (2)

Year (Seats)

ALP

CLP

DEM

GRN

ONP

OTH

ALP

CLP

1977

40.4

46.0

8.2

..

..

5.4

1

1

1980

38.9

45.5

9.8

..

..

5.8

1

1

1983

46.0

48.1

5.3

..

..

0.6

1

1

1984

45.7

49.1

4.3

..

..

0.9

1

1

1987

50.2

32.5

..

..

..

17.3

1

1

1990

54.3

42.3

..

..

..

3.4

1

1

1993

55.3

44.7

..

..

..

..

1

1

1996

45.1

46.7

1.8

6.4

..

..

1

1

1998

41.1

38.8

5.5

4.6

9.3

0.7

1

1

2001

39.2

43.7

7.3

4.3

4.7

0.8

1

1

Notes: A separate National Party group record 14.3% of the vote at the 1987 election.